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From the author of The Ten Greatest Gifts I Give My Children comes a collection of inspiring stories and life lessons parents across the nation have learned from their children, lessons about sharing,...

When the daughter of an amusement-park owner goes missing, it’s anything but fun and games in this Hardy Boys adventure—a new take on the classic series.Daisy Rodriguez is missing. Just like that, gone...

The “searing” (The New Yorker), “must read” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) memoir of “one of the few genuine heroes of America’s war in Iraq” (Dexter Filkins).In January 2005 Kirk Johnson, then twenty-four,...

Frank and Joe are an accident waiting to happen when they go undercover to expose sabotage! The Shorewood Nature Center is a beautiful place to hike...to learn about local ecology...or to fall off a cliff....

Roy Bean’s passion, as far back as his youth in Mason County, Kentucky, had been for gold. He tried his hand at being a merchant in Mexico, but then he killed a man in a gunfight and had to flee. A chance...

Many great ideas fail because the inventors do not take the appropriate steps to protect, promote, and profit from their ideas. This friendly guide will walk you through everything that needs to be done...

Frank and Joe are learning some awesome moves in karate class. But somebody steals Brian Ludlow’s black belt signed by action-movie hero Jimmy Han. Brian even promised to bring Jimmy to class, but now...

Frank Hardy is nine, and Joe is eight years old, and they’re the new kids on the block in Bayport. Searching a spooky old house for a baseball mitt, the boys find a skeleton, a brain, and blood—creepy...

When someone pulls the fire alarm during Frank and Joe’s first day at Bayport Elementary, Joe thinks he knows who did it. But all the other kids think Joe is a snitch, and if Frank doesn’t find out who...

The Hardys’ friend Mike Mendez says his new invention can turn people into animals. When he uses it in Chet’s backyard, a golden retriever appears—one who has the same exact tastes as Chet!

Stunt work is dangerous enough, but someone is looking to really push stuntman McCauley over the edge. So when Mr. Hardy agrees to look into Terrence’s odd string of accidents, Frank and Joe decide to...

A special effects master has brought an exhibit of dinosaur movie models to Bayport Elementary. But before Frank and Joe can check out the prehistoric beasts, the best model vanishes. Now the boys face...

At Brian Ludlow’s birthday party, the big attractions are master magician Lee Merlino and a preview of Jimmy Han’s new karate movie. But when the movie disappears, Frank and Joe must conjure it up again.

The Hardy boys have been invited to attend the Bayport Motor Speedway to test-drive the prototype of a world-class sports car. But when the high-performance racer vanishes without a trace, Frank and Joe's...

A really cool book of baseball statistics was stolen from the school library—and it turns up in Frank’s backpack! The Hardys know Frank is being framed, but finding the real thief and clearing Frank's...

Starting with the basics and the author's secrets of successful, time-efficient food gardening learned over a lifetime of gardening, this book is the complete vegetable gardening system for busy people...

The Antichrist is an in-depth study of who and what the Antichist is or will be. Arthur W. Pink traces all biblical references to the Antichrist including the Psalms, the Prophets, the Gospels, the Epistles,...

On 25 April 1915, with the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) below the slopes of Sari Bair on the Gallipoli peninsula, the ANZAC legend was born. Nine months later, having suffered...

'A totally gripping, impeccably crafted thriller that never slackens the tension for a minute. . . Hugely enjoyable' Jane Casey, author of The Killing KindSuper yachts are secretive, like their owners....

“Ford’s overlap of past and present, narrative and commentary is masterful, and makes this volume all the more valuable to those readers wise enough to allow the past to inform the future. Of Blood and...

F.W. Farrar's 'The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Daniel' provides a comprehensive and insightful examination of the biblical text of the Book of Daniel. Written in a scholarly and accessible style, this...

This informative book covers the pre war period to the 1990s spanning the author s experience of the rise of Nazism on the continent, his research and his involvement in the planning of Science and Higher...

Une véritable exploration dans l'histoire ancienne, c'est ce que nous propose "Sur les traces de la Bible", avec une découverte de la façon dont le texte de la Bible été élaboré, rassemblé et transmis...

Shows readers how to recapture the true spirit of Christmas, Hanukkah, and other holidays, offering specific ideas for overcoming self-defeating attitudes, rekindling childhood excitement, and making...

This compilation contains three complete novels and eight major short stories from the canon of one of the twentieth century’s most enduringly popular fiction writers.From London to Hong Kong, from Paris...

The interconnected influences of different traditions of ancient mythology on one another consumed the archaeological efforts of the late 19th and early 20th century, though much work in Britain and Europe...

The appearance of another history of the early Church requires some explanation. As the progress of the Christian commonwealth for the first three hundred years has been recently described by British,...

The New Testament writings are the foundational documents of early Christianity. But to fully understand them we need a broad historical awareness of the wider social, economic, political and religious...

The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic parenting book, now updated to reflect Steven Vannoy’s two decades of experience helping both families and businesses better care for their children and...

Maugham's first published novel - a vividly realistic portrayal of slum life. Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant and bewitching, she has...